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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
My take is that it's directly proportional to his performance to date. He's trying, but he isn't very effective so far. As a result, Sutter is playing the guys that he feels are more effective, especially in the roles they have. It's pure meritocracy.
The penalty kill minutes are probably due to the fact that we already have so many good and experienced PK guys:
Backlund, Lindholm, Lewis, Coleman, Dube, Mangiapane.
That's our rotation of 6 forwards who kill penalties and do so pretty well. Sutter also thinks that you should save your key offensive players from PK duty so they can attack right after a PK.
I'm also of the mindset that if Huberdeau adapts to Sutter's style of play he might end up being one of the absolute best players in the game. He was getting better at the defensive game near the end of his time in Florida, and was becoming much more physical, especially in the attacking zone retrieving pucks. I'm of the mind that he actually isn't that far off from being a Sutter-type player already, he just needs to get used to a very different system (man on man vs. zone) which changes how he plans his attacks.
I am very, very confident he will get there. He's far too talented and intelligent to not be able to adapt and succeed here.
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So, the uproar over one of the most talented passers in the game has been overblown?
If we don't have Covid he is probably a back-to-back 100-point player.